Buzz Vox for July 17, 2011

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Savannah

“I suspect that most drivers have been aware that law enforcement officers direct the egress from St. Gregory’s Catholic Church. It is a fact that there does not appear to be any fairness to the manner in which these hired officers perform this job that is very questionable.”

“I have felt a great sense of relief to no longer be under the imperial presidency of George W. Bush.”

“This is to the woman going through the traffic circle Friday morning a little bit past 8:25 in the red SUV. Honey you need to learn how to yield. It’s not your own personal Atlanta Motor Speedway. Learn how to yield. This is from the lady in the white vehicle which you almost sideswiped and almost caused a major car wreck between three and four vehicles. Have a wonderful day, sweetheart.”

“Never end a sentence a preposition with.”

“While I agree 100 percent with your editorial ‘Freshen up those Voxes,’ I do happen to look to the right and I see a letter from a gentleman by the name of Fernand LaBranche. This man hasn’t had anything new to say since Obama got elected. Yet you seem to print the same letter over and over again. Maybe you should just practice what you preach.”

“If the Vox caller is right about ex-president Clinton making $75 million in speaking engagements, I bet Mr. Bush has made quite a bit of money just to keep is mouth shut.”

“Why would anyone want to pull a town down? The town of Bluffton must now pay a consulting firm — how much money? — to set up a program to select the first six families that will live in this low-income housing? This low income housing which will be an instant slum in no time. What is the town of Bluffton thinking? To put this in the Historic District, no less. Why?”

Editor’s note: The Wharf Street redevelopment project is for “affordable housing.” Qualifications to become a resident home-owner will include having a household income at or below 80 percent of Beaufort County’s median income.

“Good morning. We’re new to Sun City and I just wanted to say that I’m thrilled to have found a local Butcher. He’s at Scott’s Meats in Bluffton. I’m really delighted with his food.”

“When Jimmy Carter was president we had double-digit inflation. The interest rate soared. The prime was 21.5 percent in December of 1980, the highest in history. Nothing President Carter did seemed to help. At election time, Carter lost. President Reagan came in and fixed it all. I don’t remember of the press or President Reagan saying, ‘I can’t fix this, it’s Jimmy Carter’s fault. There was none of that. He fixed it. That was it. End of story.”

“Seven countries suing states that are passing Arizona-like immigration laws. This is totally unconstitutional. Totally wrong. This is totally un-American. And for our president to allow this to happen, he should be impeached. There are least seven things that this man has done in the capital where he should be impeached. Drug runners. Terrorist organization in Mexico. Funding anti-American organizations. Starting a war in Libya. The health-care reform. And just him for being himself.”

“American citizens, we must keep our eye on the mark, Nov. 2, 2012. Obama out. I was overjoyed when I watched the news when Obama declared that if he didn’t get his way he was going to put the presidency on the line. Yes to that, for we surely can’t wait for him to be out. The sooner the better. God bless America. Please, dear Lord, protect us.”

“It’s understandable for a former two-term president to earn big bucks for speaking engagements, because he knows what it took to be the leader of the free world and the president and commander in chief of the most powerful and important nation on earth. But why would anyone spend hard-earned money to hear what the vice presidential candidate on the sore-losing team has to blabber about?”

“I just wanted to let you know that St. Gregory the Great also has a 4 o’clock Mass on Saturday as well. So, I don’t want the person who’s tying up traffic to get upset, but we do also have a 4 o’clock Mass on Saturday.”

“Maybe it’s time for Americans to learn from protesters in the Middle East and take to the streets with signs that say, ‘Obama must go.’ Obama has many of the same traits exhibited by the world’s dictators. He is arrogant, enamored with the power of his office and continues to squander taxpayers money to support a luxurious lifestyle for himself and his family while many in our country are unemployed and struggling to survive. I would not be surprised if the country’s current economic crisis will soon cause world leaders to call for Obama’s resignation as they have done with Libya’s Moammar Gadhafi.”

“Obama and many members of Congress are independently wealthy and could live without their paychecks. Joe Wilson, on the other hand, needs his paycheck to pay his hefty mortgage and credit card payments. Without his paycheck, Wilson might really know what it’s like.”

“Hey tea party. Who needs government now? Ask the state of Montana. Exxon Mobil lied to them about the state of their pipeline that expelled millions of gallons of oil into the Yellowstone River. They had told the Montana governor a year before that everything was fine. They had things in place if it did leak to take care of it quickly. You know what they’re doing? They are taking care of it with booms that don’t work and paper towels. Little pieces of tissue, mopping up oil. Can you believe it, with all the technology? That’s why we need regulations, because these big companies don’t hesitate to lie when it’s in their interest. The Montana government is rightfully furious, and so am I, to let big companies like that lie over and over again just because you don’t want regulations to keep them in tow. Because they’re liars, you have to do something to keep them from lying constantly.”

“Hey Bluffton, thanks for the low-cost housing. Looks like we’re going to have to start stocking up on bullets. And hopefully you’re going to put a police substation in there, because (with this) we can have issues. You can look at all the other low-income housing places on Hilton Head and you see how things go down there.”

“I’d like to try to save some people some money. We just went to the movies to see “Winnie the Pooh.” $7.25 whether you were a senior, an adult, a child under 4; it didn’t matter. Horrible movie. One hour. Can’t even say an hour worth of entertainment. Just an hour of stupid cartoon. The theater should be embarrassed for charging what they charged. It’s totally not worth it.”

“My, my, hasn’t Fernand LaBranche been busy? Two different letters published Friday. One in the Bluffton Today and one in the Island Packet. Unfortunately both were filled with hatred for President Obama and the Democrats, and both contained outright lies. Mr. LaBranche claims only Republicans are asked to compromise on the issue of the budget and raising the debt ceiling. Several times recently during press conferences, I have heard President Obama say he wants a balanced approach that contains spending cuts as well as increased revenue achieved by eliminating tax breaks for oil companies and billionaires. Clearly the president and congressional Democrats are willing to compromise. Mr. LaBranche needs to turn off Fox News and get himself some factual information. I would also suggest Mr. LaBranche include more honesty and less vitriol in his letters.”

“Evidently the editors have never driven around the small traffic circle at 46 and Bluffton Parkway. Otherwise you wouldn’t print statements that are absolutely false.”

Editor’s note: We don’t know the statement being questioned, but the editor and everyone else at the BT travel the roundabout. And we expect the circle to become a frequent Vox topic.